Who To Trust?

Jeremiah 17

5 This is what the LORD says:
“Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans,
who rely on human strength
and turn their hearts away from the LORD.
6 They are like stunted shrubs in the desert,
with no hope for the future.
They will live in the barren wilderness,
in an uninhabited salty land.
7 “But blessed are those who trust in the LORD
and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.
8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
and they never stop producing fruit.”

An awful lot of people want us to place our full trust, faith, and hope in the government. To them, I would simply point back to this passage from Jeremiah, and say that I will place my full trust, hope, and faith in the Lord God Almighty, thank you very much.